[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen - Send by Text OPAC Button

[Joseph Lewis]

On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Bill Ott <bott at grpl.org> wrote:

> On 06/08/2011 10:27 AM, Geoff Brown wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Has there been any development in a "Send via Text Message" option in the
>> Evergreen catalogue? I have noticed that there was some discussion (Oct 31
>> 2007) in the OPEN-ILS-DEV [OPEN-ILS-DEV] entitled "Send call number to SMS
>> feature + licensing of" that makes reference to this feature but I am unsure
>> if there have been any further developments?
>>
>> It would be a great feature to have as part of our OPAC. The functionality
>> that was described in the 2007 thread is exactly what it was thinking:
>>
>> Example Use:
>> 1. A user that is more comfortable texting than writing things down
>> comes into the library.
>> 2. They use the catalog to find an item they want to grab from the
>> shelves.
>> 3. They click the "Send via Text Message" button.
>> 4. A screen pops up where they enter their phone number and select their
>> provider.
>> 5. The call number is sent to their cell phone.
>> 6. Repeat for a few more items.
>> 7. They use their cell phone to find the items in the shelves.
>>
>>
>>  Has anyone heard anything else about this?
>>
>
> Hi Geoff,
>
> We have this feature in our catalog.  We've written a relatively
> quick-n-dirty set of scripts that does exactly what's described above.  Try
> it out with the "TXT" graphic on the right-side of this copy listing:
>
> http://grpl.michiganevergreen.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=5038670&ol=10&t=perl&tp=keyword&l=10&d=1&hc=79&rt=keyword
>
>
> These are the Javascript pieces.
>
> http://svn.grpl.org/mieg/rel_1_6_0/changeset/120#file1
> http://svn.grpl.org/mieg/rel_1_6_0/changeset/120#file2
>
> The latter calls an external .cgi that uses a MIME::Lite Perl module to
> deliver the text message through the carrier's email gateway.  Pure SMS
> would be preferred, but this method incurs no charges on the sender's end.
>  You could use a host of other methods to do the delivery.
>
>

Just to get a bit off topic, a Javascript QR code generator might reach a
similar audience, but could be run on the host machine and be reached by
nearly any phone (with a QR reader) under all carriers.

- Joseph

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